Over the past 2 months, I have used my personal Instagram as a guinea pig to find out what works and doesn't on the app in terms of gaining a bigger following.

Here is what I've found so far:

1. What not to do:
- Follow/Unfollow
- Buy followers
- Misuse hashtags
- Post random content
- set up automatic DMs
- set up automatic comments and likes
- post at random times

2. What to do:
- Post at the right times according to cold-hard data
- Follow only people in your niche
- Using the right hashtags (100K-500K posts)
- Spend at least 30 minutes a day commenting on those relevant hashtags
- Post consistent content (both in style and in substance)
- Use DM groups to connect with up to 15 people in your niche at a time, come to an agreement to like each other's content when it goes live)
- Use Stories properly (hashtags, polls, mentions, locations)
-Create IGTV videos NOW

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